Improvement in bridles



G. M. STRONG.

IBRIDLE..

Patented April -3`, 1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE M. STRONG, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRIDLES.

Specilicationforming part of Letters Patent No. 189,283, dated April 3, 1877; application filed August 31, 1876.

To all whom it may concern -Be it known that I, GEORGE M. STRONG, of Boston, in the county of Suolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Bridles, of which the following is a specification The nature of my invention consists in combining, with the crown-piece of a bridle, a pair of open swivel-loops, said loops being arranged to receive the two branches of an overdraw check rein; the object being to make a cheap and secure holding for the overdraw, from which it can be readily detached without unbuckling or unhitching either end.

4 Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a section, showing the loop and the -method of fastening it to the crownpiece.

In the drawings I have only shown such parts of the bridle as are required to show the improvement, the other parts of the bridle being omitted.

A represents the crown-piece of the bridle. To'this piece the brow-band B and the rosettes D may beattached in the usual manner.

, F F', representing the principal feature of my invention, are two metallic loops, which are connected to the crown-piece A by pivots, (see H, Fig. 2,) so as to be free to swivel or turn on the same, the shape and method of fastening the loops being clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The overdraw check-rein L L K3K1 K2 K,

ing as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE M. STRONG.

Witnesses N-ATEL. EVANS, WILLIAM EDsoN. 

